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Article: On docket: religious freedom vs. drug laws; The Supreme Court takes up a case involving a New Mexico sect that could be important for other minority religions.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 31, 2005
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Byline: Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON -- In a case with potential important significance for minority religious groups in America, the US Supreme Court this week takes up a clash between the nation's drug laws and a statute protecting religious liberty.
At issue in the case set for oral argument Tuesday is the scope of the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The law requires the federal government to justify any measure that substantially burdens a person's ability to practice his or her religion.
But what happens when a religious ceremony requires consumption of a drug outlawed under the ...